maryland congresswoman, donna edwards and former labor secretary, robert reich, who served in the clinton administration. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a two-term governor of new york. though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained. serving as a post-war secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. he's one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, "the contenders," live in the supreme court building in washington, d.c. friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview about hughes, watch a number of videos about him at our special website for the series, c-span.org/thecontenders. >> now president obama talks about key elements of his economic agenda. the president is also asked about the status of pending trade agreements. this took place during a meeting with cabinet members at the white house. >> all right, good morning, everybody. i am pulling my cabinet together to talk about the one topic that's on everybody's minds, and that is how do we put america back to work. each of the secretaries and heads of agencies have been assigned to look at what we can do adminis